242 FAMILIAR FEATURES OF THE ROADSIDE. 



This species, one of the most beautiful of all, is con- 

 fined to the seacoast ; its range is from Massachu- 

 setts to Delaware. It grows from one to two feet 

 high. 



The most familiar species of white asters are the 

 following : 



9. Aster panioulatus. White, panicled aster. 

 Blooms about the middle of August. Leaves dark 

 green, smooth or nearly so, 

 broad lance-shaped, sharply 

 toothed, the upper ones 

 less conspicuously toothed. 

 Stem stout and much- 

 branched. Flower white or 

 very nearly so, about an inch 

 in diameter, crowded in flat clus- 

 ters. A very tall species, from three 

 to eight feet high, common on moist, 

 Aster panicuiatus. shaded banks. 



10. Aster umbellatus. Tall, white 

 aster. Blooms about the middle of August, and 

 Southward earlier. Leaves long, lance - shaped, 

 smooth, taper-pointed and tapering at the base, gen- 

 erally without teeth. Stem smooth, stout, leafy to 

 the top. Flowers numerous, white, with but few 

 rays, the short green scales beneath rather close and 

 obtuse ; the clusters are fiat-topped. This species is 



